Rana Sowdaey

On any given day, roughly half of all overnight hospital patients aged 5 to 24 are being treated for a mental disorder. (U.S. Fotografie/Flickr cc)
There is an alarming trend involving a growing number of Canadian children turning to hospitals for mental health services.
Across the country, child and youth emergency room visits for mental health issues increased 45 per cent from 2007 to 2014.
On any given day, roughly half of all overnight hospital patients aged 5 to 24 are being treated for ...

Stanley at Dusk was aired on CBC's On The Coast

Canadian aid to Syria dismal, says Canadian Council ...

It was the busiest day of the U.S. primary season. Last night's Super Tuesday results solidified Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton as front-runners to their parties' presidential nominations, winning seven states.
"America never stopped being great. We have to make America whole. We have to fill in what's been hollowed out," says Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images)
Not many would believe that Trump would be "in it to win it" this...

I don't care what he believes. All I care is that he behaves in a lawful way and he creates a better economy for everyone.
The billionaire reality TV star turned Republican presidential nomination frontrunner Donald Trump is fraying nerves in establishment circles with his talk of temporarily banning Muslims from coming to the U.S. and mass deportations of illegal immigrants, among other things.
Trump has been called a clown, a joke, and even a fascist. But a large number of Republican voters...

According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, in 2012 nearly two-thirds of senior citizens in Canada were taking five or more prescription drugs. And health advocates are calling for the number of prescriptions used by Canadian seniors to be cut in half by 2020.
Anti-psychotic drugs are commonly used in senior homes to help residents keep calm. But critics say they're often overused.
Canadian Institute for Health Information research says numbers of medications seniors taking ar...

A radio production on the music and members of the Contemporary Orchestra, ECM in Vancouver, 2014.

I didn't bother planning anything for my trip to Norway. It was determinedly scheduled like most of my family trips and I arrived ignorantly with visions of vikings, oil wells, and icebergs. But I didn't see any of those things (unless you count Oslo's massive Opera House).

In the downtown of Norway's biggest city, Oslo, across the public square from City Hall, I walked up to accidentally face the Nobel Peace Centre. If you travel to Oslo, I highly recommend visiting.

The museum itself illust...